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Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the key questions addressed in a new report by IPBES, the UN’s biodiversity panel, to be published on 11 July. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) can be described as the equivalent

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2026-07-29

A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirty researchers from over a dozen departments at Lund University were behind the profile area application for Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. “The application is based on a fantastic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2026-07-29

New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets and action plans, reserachers say. Fluxes, the European Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, is a new publication by the reserach infrastruct

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2026-07-29

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. The researchers examined 459 natural woodlands located in or near 32 cities in southern Sweden. They counted the occurrence of different bird

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2026-07-29

Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could increase carbon storage, as trees sequester more carbon in their biomass than tundra plants. But the results are uncertain. The Arctic – the area north of the Arctic Cir

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2026-07-29

The machines have started rolling in at Norunda and are cutting down trees, one by one. Norunda is Sweden’s oldest measuring station for greenhouse gases and it is unique. Following several decades of being surrounded by a hundred-year-old forest, it will instead be surrounded by a clear-cut. - We expect a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions, says professor Natascha Kljun at CEC. The

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-provides-essential-information-climate-research - 2026-07-29

The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to the climate transition. At this year’s COP, the focus will be on topics such as climate finance, loss and damage, adaptation to climate change a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2026-07-29

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-07-29

Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. It i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2026-07-29

Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are close to the nest, new research from Lund, Sweden shows. Underlying the study is a new more detailed way of investigating what factors in an urban environment impact birds and animals. Cities are generally a harsh environment for birds and other animals to live in,

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2026-07-29

The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet.  – It is a great moment for biodiversity. We needed this set of goals and hope. But there is lots of work to be done and only a few years left, says CEC researcher Maria Blasi, who was present during the negotiations in Canada. These are her five ke

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cop15-key-outcomes-biological-diversity - 2026-07-29

Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation: Save the Bees’ campaign, and their results indicate that what private individuals do in their gardens really can make a positive difference. The fact that pollinat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2026-07-29

Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same time, forests are under pressure from a changing climate and more intensive forestry. A new thesis by Klas Lucander at Lund University shows the possible consequences for forests of fertilisation, and how this could lead to eutrophication and acidification instead of tree grow

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/risk-eutrophication-and-acidification-if-forest-fertilization-introduced-southern-sweden - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Jul- och nyårshelgen blev inte som Caroline Nilsson tänkt sig. Istället för att vara ledig från jobbet som forskningssjuksköterska i POInT-studien, fick hon rycka in och förstärka en covidavdelning på Skånes universitetssjukhus i Malmö. Under sex veckor var Caroline Nilsson och två andra kollegor från forskningsavde

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forskningssjukskoterskan-caroline-om-tiden-pa-en-covidavdelning - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Professor Sophia Zackrisson har utsetts till ny koordinator för Lunds universitets cancercentrum (LUCC) och ersätter därmed Kristian Pietras med start 1 mars 2021. Sophia Zackrisson är sedan tidigare medlem i LUCCs ledningsgrupp och ledare för ett av LUCCs tolv strategiska nätverk med inriktning på bildåtergivning,

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-koordinator-lunds-universitets-cancercentrum - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I jämförelse med traditionell mammografi (2D) minskar 3D-mammografi antalet bröstcancerfall som diagnostiseras mellan screeningtillfällena, så kallad intervallcancer. Det visar nya resultat från en stor screeningstudie genomförd vid Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus. Fynden är publicerade i tidskrifte

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/3d-mammografi-minskar-antalet-fall-av-intervallcancer - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ECT, eller elbehandling, är en behandling med god effekt för svårt deprimerade patienter. Men många patienter är oroliga för biverkningar, främst långvariga minnessvårigheter. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet i studier på möss undersökt om ECT påverkar halterna av proteinet beta-amyloid i hjärnan– det protein s

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-pa-moss-om-ect-och-alzheimers-protein-visar-lugnande-resultat - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Samarbete mellan industri och akademi främjar spridning av kunskap och teknik i samhället. Därför satsar Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning, SSF, 30 miljoner kronor på industridoktorander. Bidraget löper under utbildningstiden för doktoranderna och ska resultera i en doktorsexamen. Doktoranden Jelena Pesic och henn

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/industridoktorand-en-forskningssatsning-pa-samarbete-mellan-industri-och-akademi - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskare har länge misstänkt att bland annat förändringar i kroppens ämnesomsättning påverkar utvecklingen av den obotliga och dödliga neurologiska sjukdomen ALS. Nu har en grupp forskare i Lund och Australien för första gången påvisat sjukdomsförändringar hos ALS-patienter i de hjärnceller som tillverkar ämnen som

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/amnesomsattning-och-somn-nycklar-till-gatan-als - 2026-07-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En liten del av de kvinnor som efter en bröstcanceroperation får behandling med hormonella läkemedel, skulle kanske vara mer hjälpta av en annan behandling. Det visar en studie som forskare vid Lunds universitet genomfört och som publiceras i JNCI Cancer Spectrum. – Kan resultaten bekräftas i ytterligare studier sku

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mutationer-kan-minska-effekten-av-brostcancerbehandling - 2026-07-29